Maurice-Louis Branger who was born in 1874 began to work as a photographer beginning in 1895. Around 1905 he created the photo reportage agency Photopresse. He was a versatile and very active photographer, covering the main events of Paris life, in particular the flood of 1910. A truly international reporter, he was one of the rare photographers to go into the field during the First Balkan War in 1913. Upon his return to France, he photograp